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Two Rococo Couplets

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September 15, 2026
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Queen Marie Antoinette, who regularly sat for Vigée Le Brun, popularised the kind of simple, white muslin dress so beautifully painted in this portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre, daughter of a high-ranking member of Louis XV’s immediate court.…

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